No matter what part of the state we live in, the color of our skin or the religion we practice, Minnesota families want pretty similar things: good jobs to provide for our loved one, decent healthcare that we can afford, quality public schools that let our kids reach their full potential, safe communities. But certain politicians and corporate lobbyists intentionally divide us so they can distract us while they work towards their real goal: increasing corporate profits and CEO Pay. Their actions hurt everyone by holding down wages and benefits, taking away shared resources by handing huge tax breaks to the very wealthy and big corporations, and cutting the funds needed for shared resources like public schools. Then they turn around and point the finger for our hard times at poor families, black people and new immigrants. We can do better!
Our families need solutions, not division. This is why need to vote Nov. 6 for candidates who stand with working families!
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Check below for candidates who have been endorsed by SEIU members and make sure to vote on (or before) November 6th!
| Office | Candidate |
| US Senate (Special Election) | Tina Smith |
| Governor | Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan |
| Attorney General | Keith Ellison |
| Secretary of State | Steve Simon |
| State Auditor | Julie Blaha |
| US House Dist 1 | Dan Feehan |
| US House Dist 2 | Angie Craig |
| US House Dist 3 | Dean Phillips |
| US House Dist 4 | Betty McCollum |
| US House Dist 5 | Ilhan Omar |
| US House Dist 8 | Joe Radinovich |
| State House Dist 01A | Stephen Moeller |
| State House Dist 02A | Michael Northbird |
| State House Dist 02B | Karen Branden |
| State House Dist 03A | Rob Ecklund |
| State House Dist 03B | Mary Murphy |
| State House Dist 04A | Ben Lien |
| State House Dist 05A | John Persell |
| State House Dist 05B | Pat Medure |
| State House Dist 06A | Julie Sandstede |
| State House Dist 07A | Jennifer Schultz |
| State House Dist 07B | Liz Olson |
| State House Dist 08B | Gail Kulp |
| State House Dist 09A | Alex Hering |
| State House Dist 10A | Dale Menk |
| State House Dist 11A | Mike Sundin |
| State House Dist 13B | Heidi Everett |
| State House Dist 15A | Emy Minzel |
| State House Dist 15B | Karla Scapanski |
| State House Dist 16B | Mindy Kimmel |
| State House Dist 17A | Lyle Koenen |
| State House Dist 17B | Anita Flowe |
| State House Dist 18A | Justin Vold |
| State House Dist 18B | Ashley Latzke |
| State House Dist 19A | Jeff Brand |
| State House Dist 19B | Jack Considine |
| State House Dist 20A | Barbara Dröher Kline |
| State House Dist 20B | Todd Lippert |
| State House Dist 21A | Lori Ann Clark |
| State House Dist 21B | Jonathan Isenor |
| State House Dist 22B | Rod Hamilton |
| State House Dist 23A | Heather Klassen |
| State House Dist 23B | Jim Grabowska |
| State House Dist 24A | Joe Heegard |
| State House Dist 24B | Yvette Marthaler |
| State House Dist 25A | Jamie Mahlberg |
| State House Dist 26A | Tina Liebling |
| State House Dist 26B | Tyrel Clark |
| State House Dist 27A | Terry Gjersvik |
| State House Dist 28B | Greg Davids |
| State House Dist 29A | Renée Cardarelle |
| State House Dist 30A | Sarah Hamlin |
| State House Dist 30B | Margaret Fernandez |
| State House Dist 32A | Renae Berg |
| State House Dist 34A | Daniel Solon |
| State House Dist 34B | Kristin Bahner |
| State House Dist 35A | Bill Vikander |
| State House Dist 35B | Kathryn Eckhardt |
| State House Dist 36A | Zach Stephenson |
| State House Dist 36B | Melissa Hortman |
| State House Dist 37A | Erin Koegel |
| State House Dist 37B | Amir Malik |
| State House Dist 38A | Kevin Fogarty |
| State House Dist 38B | Ami Wazlawik |
| State House Dist 39A | Ann Mozey |
| State House Dist 39B | Shelly Christensen |
| State House Dist 40A | Michael Nelson |
| State House Dist 41A | Connie Bernardy |
| State House Dist 41B | Mary Kunesh-Podein |
| State House Dist 42A | Kelly Moller |
| State House Dist 42B | Jamie Becker-Finn |
| State House Dist 43A | Peter Fischer |
| State House Dist 43B | Leon Lillie |
| State House Dist 44A | Ginny Klevorn |
| State House Dist 44B | Patty Acomb |
| State House Dist 45A | Lyndon Carlson |
| State House Dist 45B | Mike Freiberg |
| State House Dist 46A | Ryan Winkler |
| State House Dist 46B | Cheryl Youakim |
| State House Dist 48A | Laurie Pryor |
| State House Dist 49A | Heather Edelson |
| State House Dist 49B | Steve Elkins |
| State House Dist 50A | Mike Howard |
| State House Dist 50B | Andrew Carlson |
| State House Dist 51A | Sandra Masin |
| State House Dist 51B | Laurie Halverson |
| State House Dist 52A | Rick Hansen |
| State House Dist 53A | Tou Xiong |
| State House Dist 54A | Anne Claflin |
| State House Dist 54B | Tina Folch |
| State House Dist 55A | Brad Tabke |
| State House Dist 56A | Hunter Cantrell |
| State House Dist 56B | Alice Mann |
| State House Dist 57A | Robert Bierman |
| State House Dist 57B | John Huot |
| State House Dist 58B | Marla Vagts |
| State House Dist 59A | Fue Lee |
| State House Dist 59B | Raymond Dehn |
| State House Dist 60A | Diane Loeffler |
| State House Dist 61A | Frank Hornstein |
| State House Dist 61B | Jamie Long |
| State House Dist 63A | Jim Davnie |
| State House Dist 63B | Jean Wagenius |
| State House Dist 64A | Kaohly Her |
| State House Dist 64B | David Pinto |
| State House Dist 65A | Rena Moran |
| State House Dist 65B | Carlos Mariani |
| State House Dist 66A | Alice Hausman |
| State House Dist 67A | Timothy Mahoney |
| State House Dist 67B | Jay Xiong |
| Hennepin County Sheriff | Dave Hutch |
| Minneapolis School Board At-Large |
Kimberly Caprini |
| Minneapolis School Board At-Large |
Josh Pauly |
| Minneapolis School Board Dist 1 | Jenny Arneson |
| Minneapolis School Board Dist 3 | Siad Ali |
| Minneapolis School Board Dist 5 | Nelson Inz |
| Richfield Mayor | Maria Regan Gonzalez |
| Maplewood Mayor | Nora Slawik |
| North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board |
Michelle Yener |
| North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board |
Caleb Anderson |
| North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board |
Ben Jarman |
| Osseo School Board | Sizi Goyah |
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Prepared and paid for by the SEIU Minn State Council Political Fund, 2233 University Ave W, #422, St. Paul MN, 55114, and SEIU COPE, www.seiu.org, as an independent expenditure, and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee, nor is any candidate responsible for its content.
Minnesota March for Science
Saturday, 22 April
March begins at 11:00 AM, Rally at Noon!
Please join fellow students, post-docs, and faculty from the University of Minnesota as we march in support of public support for open and critical inquiry in the sciences. More details, including transportation directions, can be found HERE.
Join us at the March and, if you’re extra fired up, please come to one of our pre-March events the week before the big day.
Phone Bank with MN Academics United
Tuesday 18 April, 5:30-7:30pm at the MN Academics United office (2233 University Ave W #355 in St. Paul)
Come to phone bank and help us get out the word about the March.
More Sign Making and Phone Banking
Thursday 20 April, 6:00pm-7:00pm at the Institute on the Environment Atrium (1954 Buford Ave in St. Paul)
Join us for final sign making and phone banking in advance of the March.
March for Science
Saturday 22 April, 8:00am-3:00pm in St. Paul
Please see below for meeting places to participate in the March for Science together. Bring your green and blue
clothes, a sign, and your smile to this peaceful rally and march.
State Election Results
MN State Senate: Republicans had a net pick-up of 6 seats to take the state senate with a 34 to 33 majority.
MN State House: Republicans had a net gain of 4 seats to expand their existing majority to 76 to 57 (one seat has to be decided by a special election in several months.)
School Board Election Results
Big Lake Public Schools: Both incumbents who voted to outsource and privatize our food service members’ jobs were re-elected. SEIU member endorsed Tony Scales won the third seat left open by a retiring school board member. SEIU member endorsed Scott Joos-the husband of a Local 284 member was not elected.
Minneapolis Public Schools: All SEIU member endorsed school board candidates in Mpls Public Schools won their election.
Kim Ellison was elected handily as the At-Large member
Kerry Jo Felder narrowly as the District 2 member
Bob Walser as the District 4 member (narrowly defeating incumbent Josh Reinmetz)
Ira Jourdain in District 6 (narrowly defeating incumbent Tracine Asberry).
*The SEIU member endorsed education funding levy in Mpls passed by a very large margin.
Robbinsdale Public Schools: All three incumbents were re-elected: Helen Bassett, Sherry Tyrrell and John Vento. Bassett and Vento were SEIU member endorsed. SEIU member endorsed Andrea Bejarano-Robinson was not elected.
ROCORI Public Schools: SEIU member endorsed Sunny Hesse and Shannon Humbert won two of the three seats open. Incumbent Lynn Schurman was re-elected-taking the third seat-but incumbent Nadine Schnettler was defeated. SEIU member endorsed Nicole Bottelberghe was not elected.
St. Cloud Public Schools: SEIU member endorsed Shannon Haws was the top vote-getter for the four seats open. Monica Segura-Schwartz was in second place, SEIU member endorsed Jeff Pollreis was in third place, and the one incumbent running-Al Dahlgren-came in fourth for the last open seat. SEIU-endorsed candidates John Palmer and Ric Studer were not elected.
*In school board races 11 of 16 SEIU member endorsed candidates (69%) were elected. The one levy we supported prevailed.
Our members have met with school board candidates in several districts who are running for election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. They are recommending these candidates because they value our work in our schools, and want to work with us as school board members. They support strong and fair funding for every school district in Minnesota:
Big Lake (ISD# 727)
Scott Joos
Tony Scales
Minneapolis (ISD# 1)
Kim Ellison (At-Large)
Kerry Jo Felder (District 2)
Bob Walser (District 4)
Ira Jourdain (District 6)
Vote “Yes” on Minneapolis Levy
Robbinsdale (ISD# 281)
Helen Bassett
Andrea Bejarano-Robinson
John Vento
ROCORI (ISD# 750)
Nicole Bottelberghe
Sunny Hesse
Shannon Humbert
St. Cloud (ISD# 742)
Shannon Haws
John Palmer
Jeff Pollreis
Ric Studer
For a list of other SEIU MN State Council-endorsed state legislative and other candidates: http://seiumn.org/2016/10/25/seiu-minnesota-state-council-2016-endorsements/
Find your polling place and see your ballot
For more info and/or volunteer to help our endorsed candidates please contact SEIU Local 284 Political Director Jim Niland at jimn@local284.com . Thanks!
SEIU’s endorsed candidates did well in the primary on Tues., Aug. 9. In the St. Cloud school board (ISD 742) primary our endorsed candidates-Shannon Haws, Jeff Pollreis and Ric Studer-all succeeded in advancing to the Tues., Nov. 8 general election. Shannon Haws was the top vote-getter in a 9-person field for the four seats up in this year’s election-and got significantly more votes than the one incumbent running who has not been a friend of St. Cloud schools employees
In the Aug. 9 Rosemount (ISD 196) special general election to fill the one seat on that school board Sachin Isaacs was elected-outpolling SEIU-
St. Cloud and Rosemount steward/member activists helped mobilize our members and other voters for our endorsed candidates-doorknocking, phoning and elsewhere.
SEIU’s candidates also did well in other Aug. 9 primaries. State house candidates Julie Sandtede (Legislative District (LD) 6A), Liz Olson (7B ), Deb Hilstrom (40B ), Andrew Carlson (50B) ), Jared Christiansen (56A), and Rena Moran (65A) won their primaries handily. State senate candidates Matt Klein (Senate District (SD) 52), Bobby Joe Champion (59), and Jeff Hayden (62) also won their primaries handily. But endorsed state house candidates Joe Mullery (59A) and Phyllis Kahn (60B ) lost their primaries.
SEIU endorsed U.S. congresspeople Betty McCollum (4th Congressional District (CD 4) and Keith Ellison handily won their primaries. And Debbie Goettel-our endorsed candidate for Hennepin County’s Board of Commissioners’ 5th District-also handily won her primary.
SEIU now moves on to the critically important general election on Tues., Nov. 8-just 88 days away! We need your help to win that election-to help please contact SEIU Local 284 Political Director Jim Niland at (651)256-9139 or jimn@local284.com .
Our members have met with school board candidates in several districts who are running for election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. They are recommending these candidates because they value our work in our schools, and want to work with us as school board members. They support strong and fair funding for every school district in Minnesota:
Big Lake (ISD# 727)
Scott Joos
Tony Scales
Minneapolis (ISD# 1)
Kim Ellison (At-Large)
Kerry Jo Felder (District 2)
Bob Walser (District 4)
Ira Jourdain (District 6)
Vote “Yes” on Minneapolis Levy
Robbinsdale (ISD# 281)
Helen Bassett
Andrea Bejarano-Robinson
John Vento
ROCORI (ISD# 750)
Nicole Bottleberghe
Sunny Hesse
Shannon Humbert
St. Cloud (ISD# 742)
Shannon Haws
Jeff Pollreis
Ric Stuuder
For a list of other SEIU MN State Council-endorsed state legislative and other candidates: http://seiumn.org/2016/07/18/seiu-minnesota-state-council-2016-endorsements/
For more info and/or volunteer to help our endorsed candidates please contact SEIU Local 284 Political Director Jim Niland at jimn@local284.com . Thanks!
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS – SECRET MAIL BALLOT:
1. Place an X in the designated space next to the candidate of your choice.
DO NOT PUT ANY OTHER MARKS ON THE BALLOT.
2 Place the ballot in the small unmarked envelope and seal it.
3. Place the small envelope inside the red printed return envelope and seal it.
4. Print your name and address on the upper left corner of the red printed business reply envelope and SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE SIGNATURE LINE PROVIDED. (YOUR ENVELOPE MUST CONTAIN BOTH YOUR PRINTED NAME AND SIGNATURE FOR YOUR BALLOT TO BE COUNTED). Return the ballot by U.S. Mail.
5. The red printed envelopes will be held until Wednesday, November 18, 2015, by the Bureau of Mediation Services when they will be picked up by the Election Board. The envelopes will be opened at the Union office in the presence of observers designated by each candidate. At that time the small inner envelope will remain closed until all the red printed envelopes have been opened and the inner envelopes placed in a suitable container for mixing, whereupon the inner envelopes will be opened and tallied by the designated tellers.
6. Any writing on the ballot other than a simple X in the designated space beside the candidate’s name on the ballot will automatically void the ballot.
7. Only one ballot to an envelope – more than one will void all in that envelope.
8. IMPORTANT: All ballots must be returned by U.S. MAIL and received by the Bureau of Mediation Services no later than the regular mail delivery on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, to be valid. You cannot carry your ballot to the meeting, it must be mailed in the designated envelopes.
9. The ballots will be opened and tallied starting at 4:00 P.M. on November 18, 2015, at the union office. Each candidate may have one observer at the counting. The name of the officer elected will be announced at the general membership meeting on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
We want very much to be able to count every ballot we receive, so please follow the instructions carefully.
